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SUMMARY:BA04-Eliciting and Writing Effective Requirements
DESCRIPTION:Course ID: BA04\nCredits: 21 CDUs\nCourse Duration: 3 days\nCourse Level: Basic/Intermediate \nView Course Outline \nPrerequisites:\nNo prerequisites – This course is suitable for both novice and experienced practitioners who desire to improve their skills at eliciting and writing effective requirements. It is recommended that participants complete the BA01 – Business Analysis Essentials course prior to enrolling or have equivalent experience. \nCourse Abstract:\nSuccessful projects are built on the foundation of clearly defined requirements. With elicitation serving as a major component of the requirements process\, it is imperative that business analysts maintain high competency levels in elicitation practices and technique use to help organizations overcome the requirements related challenges faced on projects. Regardless of whether you are a practitioner just starting off your career in business analysis or whether you have been performing the role for some years\, this course will provide insight into the latest thoughts on elicitation and writing effective requirements and present a number of current techniques that are being applied on projects across industries today.
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/ba04-eliciting-and-writing-effective-requirements/2025-08-04/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
CATEGORIES:BA Courses: 2023 Schedule,BA Courses: 2024 Schedule,BA Courses: 2025 Schedule
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SUMMARY:BACP02 Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) and Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA®) Exam Preparation Course
DESCRIPTION:Course ID: BACP02\nCredits: 28 -35 CDUs*\nCourse Duration: 4 days\nCourse Level: Intermediate/Advanced \nView Course Outline \n* All students will obtain 28 professional development hours by attending the 4-day preparation course. CBAP candidates requiring 35 hours of professional development training in order to satisfy the eligibility requirements for the CBAP® application\, can attain the remaining hours by completing the six exercises provided in a supplementary student workbook. If interested in attaining the 7 extra professional development hours for this course\, please inform your instructor who will provide further instructions for attaining these hours. \nPrerequisites: \nAt least two years of business analysis experience with an interest in pursuing a business analysis certification\nfrom International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) or interest in obtaining information about the exam\,\nexam process\, and the content covered. \nCourse Objectives: \nThis is an intermediate/advanced course designed to provide participants with a clear understanding of the concepts covered within the CBAP® and CCBA® exams. The course provides valuable tips and techniques to help students prepare\, study\, and assess their personal readiness. \nParticipants will work through instructor led discussions on each of the six Knowledge Areas covered by A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of KnowledgeTM (BABOK® Guide) version 3 and will be provided opportunities to answer simulated questions to gain skill and familiarity with applying personal knowledge to answer sample questions.  Participants will review a number of business analysis techniques and personal skill competencies to understand how best to prepare for questions covering such topics. Each of the five business analysis Perspectives presented in the BABOK® Guide will be reviewed to support students in answering exam questions in these areas. \nAfter completing this course\, participants will be better prepared to develop their study plan and will have identified knowledge gaps so study efforts can be directed toward their most critical areas. Students will also gain a solid understanding of key business analysis vocabulary to support this work. \n 
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/bacp02-certified-business-analysis-professional-cbap-and-competency-in-business-analysis-ccba-exam-preparation-course-2/2025-08-05/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
CATEGORIES:BA Courses: 2023 Schedule,BA Courses: 2024 Schedule,BA Courses: 2025 Schedule
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CREATED:20190430T192549Z
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SUMMARY:BA27 Writing and Managing Effective Requirements
DESCRIPTION:Course ID: BA27 \nCredits: 21 CDUs\nCourse Duration: 3 days\nCourse Level: Beginner to Intermediate \nView Course Outline \nPrerequisites: \nNo prerequisites – This course is suitable for both beginner and intermediate business analysts who want to\nincrease their skills for eliciting\, analyzing\, writing and managing effective requirements on projects. \nCourse Objectives: \n• Obtain a thorough understanding of the core responsibilities of the business analyst\n• Understand the main professional associations and standards supporting business analysts in the\nindustry\n• Discuss and explore the components of each of the domains/knowledge areas that comprise the work\nof business analysis\n• Obtain a clear understanding of the various requirements types and the significance for eliciting each\ntype\n• Discuss requirements packages and types of requirements documentation\n• Obtain hands-on experience with a number of business analysis techniques and models\nThis course is compliant with IIBA’s Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK® Guide) version 3 standard in\nbusiness analysis and is aligned with and upholds the practices as discussed in PMI’s Business Analysis for\nPractitioners: A Practice Guide. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/ba27-writing-and-managing-effective-requirements/2025-08-13/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
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SUMMARY:BA39 - Software Testing
DESCRIPTION:BA39- Software Testing Workshop – 2 Days\nCourse ID: BA39\nCredits: 14 PDUs/CDUs\nCourse Duration: 2 days\nCourse Level: Intermediate \nAudience: \nThis course is designed for developers\, systems analysts\, and testers who are involved with testing the functionality of technology projects. \n Prerequisites \nIt is recommended that the participants have a basic knowledge of the software life cycle \nCourse Overview: \nAll too often the software products delivered to the business do not meet their expectations\, especially with regard to the quality of the product.  An effective testing process addresses this issue by confirming the functionality and performance of the product prior to its release to the business. \nThis two day class looks at the business issues which drive the need for a fully functional testing process and describes the components of such a process.  It is designed to help the testers develop an understanding of their role\, the process\, and the deliverables associated with testing. \nCourse highlights \n\nDevelop an understanding about basic concepts associated with software testing\nSee how testing applies to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)\nRecognize benefits of improved quality of deployed software using testing techniques\nIdentify the key roles\, activities and deliverables which make up requirements-based testing\nUse a business Use Case to define scenarios for testing\nLearn how to create a test plan and write test cases with test data\nUnderstand the process for testing functional requirements\nIdentify the challenges of testing vendor-supplied applications\n\n 
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/ba39-software-testing/2025-08-18/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
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SUMMARY:BA30 - Foundations of Business Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Course ID: BA30\nCredits: 28 CDUs\nCourse Duration: 4 days\nCourse Level: Beginner/Intermediate \nView Course Outline \nThe Foundations of Business Analysis course attracts both those new to business analysis as well as those in a business analyst role who are looking for formalized education and best practices!   \nPrerequisites:\nNo prerequisites – This course is suitable for both beginner and intermediate business analysts who would like to increase their skills in order to better elicit\, analyze\, write and effectively manage requirements for their projects. \nCourse Abstract:\nThis course provides a solid foundation in the principles\, practices\, and techniques of business analysis\, aligned with the IIBA® BABOK® Guide and ECBA® exam blueprint. Participants will gain practical skills to identify business needs\, define solutions\, collaborate with stakeholders\, document requirements\, and support organizational change. Through lectures\, discussions\, case studies\, and hands-on workshops\, participants will build confidence in applying analysis methods while preparing for the ECBA® exam. \nIntended Audience \n\nAspiring and entry-level Business Analysts preparing for the ECBA® (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis)\nProfessionals in related roles (project managers\, product owners\, business users\, systems analysts) seeking foundational knowledge in business analysis.\nAnyone interested in learning how to apply business analysis techniques to deliver organizational value.\n\n 
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/ba30-foundations-of-business-analysis-course-2019-12-09-2/2025-08-18/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
CATEGORIES:BA Courses: 2023 Schedule,BA Courses: 2024 Schedule,BA Courses: 2025 Schedule
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SUMMARY:BA28 Requirements Analysis and Documentation
DESCRIPTION:Course ID: BA28\nCredits: 14 PDUs/CDUs\nCourse Duration: 2 days\nCourse Level: Intermediate \nView Course Outline \nPrerequisites: \nKnowledge of requirements process and requirements elicitation techniques. \nCourse Objectives: \nThis 2-day course provides a strong foundation in the mechanics of use case diagramming and\nwriting textual descriptions of use cases. In this highly interactive workshop\, you will learn how to\nenhance and refine your use case skills\, how to involve your stakeholders in the use case process\,\nand how to develop use cases that provide valuable information to the designers and testers. Use\ncases that meet the needs of designers can be too technical and too detailed for other stakeholders.\nUse cases that satisfy business users are usually not very helpful to designers and testers. How do\nyou satisfy these two disparate interests? And how do you handle the details like business rules\,\ndata validations and user interface specifications? \n 
URL:https://rgfgroup.com/event/ba28-requirements-analysis-and-documentation/2025-08-21/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Live\, Instructor-Led
CATEGORIES:BA Courses: 2023 Schedule,BA Courses: 2024 Schedule,BA Courses: 2025 Schedule
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